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3130 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310      703-960-9505      Fax: 703-960-5156       cameron @ cameron-umc.org

MISSION PROJECTS & COMMUNITY OUTREACH

HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS !!

 

Helping Hands Mission Project

Cameron's 3rd and 5th Graders are collecting items for the Helping Hands Mission Project that will take place on July 22 & 23 in Richmond.  A collection box has been placed in Skelton Hall to gether the following items. 
Won't you help them out?

Paper Products

  • Paper towels
  • Napkins
  • 9” Styrofoam Plates
  • 8oz. Styrofoam Cups
  • Toilet paper

Personal products

  • Full size Bath Soap
  • Full size Deodorant
  • Fem. Hygiene products
  • First aid supplies
  • Hand lotion
  • Disposable razors
  • Shaving cream
  • Full size Shampoo
  • Full Size Toothpaste

 Food Items

  • Canned foods
  • Complete Boxed Meals
  • Disposable gloves
  • Coffee (regular & decaf)
  • Powder creamer
  • Sugar packets
  • Aluminum foil (commercial size preferred)
  • Plastic wrap
  • Plastic utensils

 Cleaning Supplies

  • Clorox
  • Comet Cleanser
  • Dishwashing Liquid
  • Disposable gloves
  • Laundry Detergent
  • Lysol Disinfectant Cleaner
  • Tilex Shower Cleaner

  Layette Kits for Sierra Leone

  • Cloth diapers
  • 2 shirts or one piece body suit
  • Baby washcloths
  • Diaper pins
  • Receiving blankets

 

Friday, July 30

Volunteers needed to make bag suppers and/or to deliver them that afternoon along Route 1.  Please contact JoEllen Smith at joellensmith@cox.net if you can help.

Sunday, August 1

Bring cans of soup (chunky, meat soups, if you can) for Rising Hope's food pantry.   You can support the food ministry of Rising Hope.  This mission church of the United Methodist Church serves hungry families in the Route 1 corridor.  The chunky, meat soups can be used as the "meat" in grocery bags for families.  Food is collected in the narthex.

Sundays in July and early Augusts

School supplies(any kind) and school back packs are being collected for Rising Hope and Koininia (which serves needy families in the Franconia area).  Collection boxes are in the narthex.

 

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